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Firstly, I would recommend that you stop using the command prompt and certainly stop using Internet Explorer for connecting to an FTP. Use a decent FTP program instead, something like FileZilla which will show you the server responses you receive which you can use to resolve your login issues.

As for the lonely ftp>, if you start a command prompt and type ftp you'll get nothing more than an ftp> prompt.
You need to type in open ftp.domain.com at this prompt before you'll be requested to log in with a username or password (unless you typed ftp ftp.domain.com in the first instance!)

Thanks for the reply, Lewis. I did do the ftp ftp.domain.com:30001 and it still just gives me that ftp> line without being able to type in the user name and password..
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user40679Dec 15 '10 at 17:21

I've got filezilla server up and working on it but i can not seem to connect using passive mode or upload a file without it telling me 425 Can't open data connection. See OP for the list of what its doing when trying to upload a file.
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user40679Dec 15 '10 at 17:26

@StealthRT: why in the world did you install FileZilla server on a box where IIS's own FTP service is running? Lewis was suggesting you to use the FileZilla client :-) Having two FTP servers on the same box isn't going to help you much.
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MassimoDec 15 '10 at 17:52

@Massimo. I turned off the MSFTP when i tested the filezilla server. And i turned off filezilla server when testing MSFTP. I'm using Bulletproof FTP to log into the server.
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user40679Dec 15 '10 at 17:54

@StealthRT: of course, otherwise they wouldn't work :-) I was only saying that changing your FTP server isn't going to solve your client/connection problems, unless the IIS FTP service was severely misconfigured.
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MassimoDec 15 '10 at 18:00

Regarding your first problem (authentication): IIS's FTP service has lots and lots of authentication options, so there could be many reasons why it's not letting you in. The most common cause is logging in as an user which doesn't have read permissions on the root FTP directory, but there could be many, many more.

Regarding your second problem (unable to open data connection): this is usually a firewall issue. Where are you trying to connect from? Do you have the same problem if you run the client and the server on the same machine? Have you tried completely turning off Windows Firewall?

Ok, i finally added the user to the Local Useres and Groups and i am now able to log into the FTP via the MS FTP server. However, i am still getting the Data Socket Error: Connection refused and List Error :o( Check my OP for log.
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user40679Dec 15 '10 at 19:06

@StealthRT: you dind't answer my questions; where is the server and where is the client? Are they on the same computer? On the same network? On different networks? If you try to run both on the same computer, does it work? This is very likely a network and/or firewall problem, so nothing can be said unless you tell more about your network setup.
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MassimoDec 15 '10 at 22:41